Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देव ईषन्मीलितलोचनः । सस्मार विश्वकर्माणं सर्वशिल्पवतां वरम्
ityuktvā bhagavāndeva īṣanmīlitalocanaḥ | sasmāra viśvakarmāṇaṃ sarvaśilpavatāṃ varam
Setelah berkata demikian, Bhagavān Deva—dengan mata separuh terpejam dalam ketenangan yoga—mengingati Viśvakarmā, yang terunggul antara semua mahaguru seni dan binaan.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; context leads into Śiva’s action)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, eyes gently half-closed in yogic poise, inwardly ‘remembers’ Viśvakarmā; the moment is quiet yet charged, as if architecture is summoned from pure will.
FAQs
Sacred works in a tīrtha are ideally undertaken through divine remembrance and disciplined intention, not mere worldly ambition.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights Śiva’s yogic recollection (smaraṇa) as the prelude to sacred construction.